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Alarm bells rang across Israel and millions of people had to take refuge in bunkers in the face of the Iranian attack.
Iran on Tuesday launched dozens of missiles at Israeli territory amid a regional escalation of the war that has led the United States to come to Israel’s defense following the decision by Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s government to launch a ground invasion of southern Lebanon .
After days of growing regional tension, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confirmed on Tuesday that it had launched missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and an Iranian general.
“By firing dozens of ballistic missiles , targets in the heart of the occupied territories have been hit,” the elite military corps said in a statement.
“We warn that if the Zionist regime responds militarily to this operation, it will be counterattacked in a more forceful manner,” the Iranian Revolutionary Guard added.
Iran ‘s representation at the United Nations also referred to the attack, assuring that it had given a “legal, rational and legitimate” response to the attacks of the “Zionist regime” and reiterated its warning in case of a response from Israel.
Alarm bells rang across Israel and millions of people had to take refuge in bunkers in the face of the Iranian attack.
He added that the US president and Vice President Kamala Harris are meeting with the national security team in the White House crisis room, where they are being briefed on Iran’s attacks.
According to the White House, Biden has instructed the US Armed Forces to help “defend” Israel against Iranian attacks and shoot down missiles that are falling on Israeli territory.
Attack with regional impact
Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq have temporarily closed their airspace to all aircraft arriving, departing and passing through the country in the face of Iran’s attack on Israel, officials announced.
Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority chief Haizam Mastu said the decision was made “following the escalation in the area, which may cause damage affecting air operations as well as the safety of passengers.”
Mastu said the decision “will be reviewed in accordance with current developments and the assessment of the level of danger.”
In parallel, the Houthis also claimed to have carried out three attacks on two ships in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, including a British oil tanker, in a significant escalation of their operations against Yemen’s vital shipping routes.
In a televised statement, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said its naval forces, missile unit and air force carried out coordinated attacks on two ships.
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While all this was going on, the main stock indices in Europe and the United States were affected by increases in the price of oil and safe haven assets such as the dollar, gold and bonds of the most solid countries, and the main stock indices in Europe and the United States were dragged down.
Brent, the benchmark crude oil in Europe, which was down more than 2% and had dropped below the $70 per barrel level, has turned around and is now rising sharply.
A ground military operation in Lebanon with an uncertain impact
The Israeli army announced its incursion into border areas in southern Lebanon, ordering the population to move away from the area, where it said there was “intense fighting,” while the Shiite militia Hezbollah responded by launching the first rocket attacks against Israeli territory and the Lebanese government remains silent on the scope of the invasion.
With warnings to the population and accusations against Hezbollah , the Israeli army began at night “limited, localized and selective ground raids, based on precise information, against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon,” an operation that has air and artillery cover.
However, in the afternoon, Hezbollah denied that the Israeli army had carried out “dozens” of border incursions and had entered some of the tunnels dug by the group in southern Lebanon in the last year, something that it denounced as part of Israel’s “psychological warfare.”
“These videos and photographs are very old and have no relation to the current military action on the Lebanese border,” Hezbollah said in a statement, responding to the graphic material released by Israeli forces on Tuesday about its operations.
Shortly before Iran ‘s attack, a terrorist attack took place that left at least six people dead and nine injured in the Jaffa neighborhood , near the tram station, south of Tel Aviv.
A police spokesman said the “terrorists,” armed with firearms and knives, began their attack on the tram and continued on foot along Jerusalem Street, until they were shot by police officers and civilians armed with pistols.EFE
